USAF by Pixel reviewed at MiGMan's Flight Sim Museum

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Sleeping Giant Mission 1

The refueller in USAF over the urbanised German landscape.

The first mission tasks you with refuelling
and performing a Combat Air Patrol (CAP)
.... hint... forget the refuelling!

Your first target prorities will probably be the
dreaded Mi-24 Hind Gunships enroute to your
base. Love that Hind! Captures the imagination.
Armoured Gunship... pilot, gunner, 8 troops in
the back....rocket launchers......ahhh.

Anyway Back to business...

Now attacking Helicopters with a fast jet poses several unique problems. The first being that these eggbeaters like to travel close to the ground... at altitudes which are decidely uncomfortable in an F-15 at 500 knots! So my advice is ... don't go there!

Send your wingmen instead.

Below you can see the missile trails from my wingmen's AIM-120 AMMRAAMs after I;d locked up the first chopper and issued the "attack other similar targets" (Alt-W) command. Instant response...whoooosh.

Even though it is tempting to make high speed gun passes on the Hind's.... its a dangerous game. I've lost count of the times I have augered in over the years attempting this stunt. Just a bit closer... a bit closer.... nearly there.... damn!

The technical term for it is "Target Fixation". The result is "Game Over"!